Oiler for windmills.



P. BOVEY.

OILER FOR WINDMILLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1911 1,037,420. Patented Sept. 3,1912: 1

PirrnRBovEY, or OREGON. 11min enrich.

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"Specification of Letters Patent.

Application h a wa e0, 1911. Seria1,ilo, tf23,4h8.

. 2 all whom 2'2? may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER BovnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oregon, in the county of Ogle and" State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful "Improvements in Oilers for ll indmillsg and i I do hereby declare the following to be a.

full clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in '10 the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in oilers of the type especially adapted for oiling bearings ofworking parts of a wind An object in view is the economical and eflicient distribution of oilinetfeotive but not wasteful quantities.

A further object is the facilitating of the supplying ofoil to the working. parts 01" a wind mill without necessitating ascent of the wind mill tower by the operator.

l it-h these and further objects in view as will. in hereinafter be set forth and in 2-5 part be one apparenhthe invention comprises c min novel constructions, combinations an .rrangements of parts as hereinaftor specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,--Figure 1 is a vicwin rear elevation of a wind mill tower and gearing withan illustrative embodiment of the present invention indicated as applied thereto, parts being broken away for'the saving of space. Fig. 2 is a side elevation .of the wheel cap and gearing detached, Figs. 3 and 4t are fragmentary, lo-ngitudiual central sections, respectively, of

' the hood and distributing container. Fig. 5

is a detail sectional view through any one,

hearing illustrating the nipple connection therewith. Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of the rocking arm detached. i

It will be understood, of course, that the wind mill parts illustrated are merely con ventional parts of a wind. mill shown for the purposes? illustration, and the invention is just as applicable to any other type of wind, mill, the sole alteration being in the number an'd relative arrangement of the .distributing tubes from the distributing container. i

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1.. indicates a tower of any ordinary type upon the topv or which is sustained theusual pump rod containing tube 2 upon which is mounted the wind mill head 3 :onsisting oi? the end.

usual rotatably mounted tubular support h aving the bearing sleeves 4: and 5 as well as the sleeve connection 6, and being formed with the outstanding and upstanding bracketplate 7 having journal bearing 9 at its upper for the shaft 10 of the wind wheel which latter is not illustrated, thesaid shalit being journaled in said sleeve and at the opposite end from thatcarrying the. wind wheel a pinion 11 is fixed to the shaft and meshes with the crank pinion 12 which is fixed to a. shaft 13 journaled in sleeve t. A. wrist pin .14- outstanding from wheel 12 is surrounded by a sleeve 15, to which is fixed the pitman 16, which pitman extends thence upwardly to a sleeve 1? loosely surrounding a pin 18 outstanding laterally from a rocking lever 19, the opposite end of which lever is formed with eyes 20, 20 journaled on pins 20. Outstanding from the opposite side of lever 19 from that carrying pin 18 is apin 21" surrounded by sleeve 21. carried by the .upper end of pump rod 23.

A bar 2-1; is fixed to the bracket '2 and bent upwardly to a point above the operating parts described and has its free end formed into a loop or eye of a size snu glyreeciving and sustaining the distributing con tainer 526, said container resting on a platform 522 supported in any suitable manner, not illustrated. The container 26, as seen in detail in Fig. 4, is a receptacle, preferably cylindrical, which has the central portion of its bottom projecting upwardlywithin thev container and forming a conical extension i-Patented Sept. 3,1912.

The sleeve 5 constitutes the bearing 27 therein adapted tocause flu d introduced into the container to bedistributcd around the lower outer portions ofthe bottom. The container is 'closedby a cover 528, preferably otconical form, and the apex oi the cone is y penetrated by a nipple 9 9 of relatively small diameter, said nipple extending'through the thickness of the wall of the cover 28 and projecting above and below the same; Connected with the bottom of'the receptacle 26,

and communicatingtherewith,through apcrcures 26, Q'GQfOrmQ-d in the lower outer portion of the bottom, are flexible tubes in any number requisite for the supplying of oil to allot the moving parts. F or instance,

a tube 30 leads to the journal-lot sleeve 6,

tube 31 to the journal of sleeve 4, tube 32 to the journal of sleeve 5, tube 33 to the journal .of sleeve 15, tube 84 to the liournal bf sleeve 17 ,tubesv35 to the iournel of'eyes 2G".

and tube 36 to the journal of sleeve 21; This is obviously merely illustrative, and the tubes may be extended to any of the bearably'nietallic nipple 37 threaded into the "sleeve or other structure constituting the re-, spective journal bearing in position for discharging from the tube through the nipple against the particular journal.

An oil supply pipe 38 extends wheel mechanism, thetube being extended through an eye in the outer Gfi1 G l i a braeket arm 39 for being guided in ""Yertical movements. To the upper end of the tube is fixed a goose'neck or curved pipe 40, the

free end of which carries a hood or funnelshaped cap 41 conforming in contour to the shape of the upper end of the container 26. The free end of the goose neck 40 extends within the hood 41in position for, in operation, surrounding the upwardly extending portion of the nipple 29. To avoid. loss of pressure, a gasket 42 is disposed within the hood 41 and, in operation, engages the cover 28 and prevents the escape of air. When it is considered that the tube 38 and goose neck 40 have a passage-way for ordinary wind mills, preferably one-eighth of an inch in diameter, it will become apparent that the opening in nipple 29 is not large, and, there fore, practically no moisture will enter the container 26 even when the hood 41 is not thereon. The lower end of the tube 38 at times rests upon and communicates with a preferably transparent oil receptacle 43, the said pipe 38 being adapted to be readily lifted ofli of or placed upon and in ccmmunication with the receptacle 43. When the tube 38 is in communication with and rests upon the receptacle 43, the upper end thereof is lifted to a position where the free end of the goose neck is in the planes of the nipple 29 and may surround the nipple. A compressed air tank 44 is connected by a tube 45 with the receptacle 43 and a valve 46 controls the admission of compressed air from tank 44 to receptacle 43. Th air tank 44 may receive its air from any suitable source, as, for instance, a pump 45 having a tube 46 connected with the tank 44 through a check valve 47.

In operation, assuming the parts to be in the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig h A tower 1, and in operation 1s disposed with its upper end adjacent but below the wind until the hood is disposed above the cover 28, whereupon the operator lowers the tube until its lower end assumes a position in communication with the ,receptacle "43,

whereat the-free end of, the goose neck :40

willbe foundto surround and "be in coinf munication with the nipple 29. thereupon I the operator opens the valveAG, assuming that a sufiicient charge of compressed air hasalrcady been accumulated 1n'the.tank

44, and the oil is blownfrom the receptacle 43 upwardly along the tube 48 into the distributing container 27, and as theoil is delivered under pressure it is rapidly and evenly distributed to the several tubes, and is thence delivered to the parts to be oiled. When all of the oil has been blown from the receptacle 43, the operator turns oil the valve 46, lifts the tube 38 for clearing the hood 41 from cover 28,- and rotates the shaft until the hood is entirely out of. the we and then lowers the tube to the position seen in dotted lines in Fig-'1, whereupon the oiling apparatus is entirely out of the Way and not in danger of being injured by 9.

bodily rotation of the wind wheel asmight have been the case had the tube remained in the oiling'position.

What I claim is '1. In an oiler for wind mills, -the combi nationof a distributing container, distrib uting means connected with said container,

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the container being substantially entirely conical and having the nipple projecting from the apex thereof, and a supply pipe adapted to be moved into and away from communicating relation with the. nipple.

2. In an oiler fo'rwind mills, the combi nation of a distributing container, means I for distributing oil therefrom, the container having a substantially conical cover formed with. a communicating opening at its upper end, a substantially funnel shaped hood adapted to be moved into and away from a position surrounding and inclosin said cover, and asupply pipe connecte said hood and adapted when the hood-sun rounds the cover to be disposed in communication with the opening of the container.

closed and having an oil receiving nipple, the top of the containerbeing substantially 3. In an oiler for wind mills, the combination of a distributing container, means for distributing oil therefrom, a pipe adapted to detachably communicatewith the container for supplying oil thereto under pressure, and a hood connected with said pipe and adapted to engage the container for preventing escape of pressure during the communication of the pipes with the container.

4:. In an oiler for wind mills, the combination with a distributing container, distributing means connected therewith, an oil supply pipe adapted to detachably communicate with and deliver oil ,under pressure to the container, a hood connected 'to the pipe, and adapted, during the communication of the pipe with the container, to inclose a portion of the container surrounding the point of communication, and a gasket disposed between the hood and container for efiecting a non-leaking connection.

5. In an oiler for wind mills, the combination of a distributing container, distributing means therefor, the containerhaving a cover of substantially conical form, a nipple extending through the upper end of the cover, an oil supply pipe adapted to communicate with the nipple, a hood fixed to surroundand extend below'theend of the oil supply pipe in position tor -surrounding an engaging the conical cover of the container, the supply pipe being shiftable to and from a the nipple. 6. In an oiler for wind mills, the combination of a distributingcontainer, distribposltion n engagement with uting means therefor, an oil supply pipe.

adapted to deliver oil to the'container and being slidably mounted, an oil supplyreceptacle adapted at times to be in communication with the pipe, and means for supplying air under pressure beneath the oil in the oil supply receptacle for forcing the same along the supply pipe into the container when the supply pipe is in communication with. the receptacle.

'to be moved upwardly until the upper end of said pipe is in commfiicating relation with the container, and ti-leans for supplying oil through said pipe.

'8. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a distributing container and means 'for delivering oil therefrom, capable of delivery by gravity, of an oil receptacle, a communicating pipe between the oil receptacle and the distributing container connected to the upper portion of the oil receptacle, and means for subjecting the oil within the receptacle to an air blast from beneath in the direction toward the communicating pipe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PETER BOVEY.

Witnesses:

EVERETT L. REESE, J. F. STEFFA. 

